Search Results: Authors starting with G from Comellas Rare Books

In Roma, Appresso Vitale Mascardi, 1662. 8vo. 29 leaves. 139 pages. 1 great folding copper engraving. Contemporary full vellum. First Edition. Very rare manual of cartography by Giovanni Battista Nicolosi (1610-1670), the author of the famous atlas "Dell'Hercole" (1660) and the greatest southern Europe cartographer of the 17th century. Although he claimed to be a follower of geocentrist theory, as shown in the present work, Nicolosi was in fact a secret admirer of Galileo, admiration that was revealed after his death by his unpublished manuscripts. Great folding plate with several figures. Browned paper, a few water stains.

In Venetia, Appresso Francesco Rampazetto, 1572. 4to. 4 leaves. 56 leaves. Contemporary limp vellum. First Edition (second printing, the text of which has been completely reset and decorated with a map showing the Greek coasts with the ships arranged in battle order). Extremely detailed account, probably the best description of the famous Battle of Lepanto which had immense political importance in ending the domination of the Turks in the Eastern Mediterranean. Michel de Cervantes, the unforgettable author of Don Quixote, showed great pride throughout his life for having taken part in the fight, during which he lost his left arm. "One of the most extensive accounts of the Battle of Lepanto, with details as to the Venetian, Spanish, and Papal ships" (cf. Göllner). "The text of this issue [printed the same year as the first] has been completely reset, with the errata corrected, and a map has been inserted (…). It depicts the entrance to the Gulf of Lepanto with the islands of Cephalonia, Ithaca and… Read More